…but am I famous yet?

I try to be pretty diligent about writing a blog post on or around the 15th and the end of the month (30th/31st) but today I’m at a loss of words. I thought about writing about how incredibly disappointed I am that more theatre companies aren’t posting about what’s happening right now with the protests…

Hi! Starting in June, I’m going to be offering TWO online courses: Intro to Playwriting AND Intro to Latin American Theatre. TLDR: For how to register for classes, email me at rachel.lynett@gmail.com Here are some FAQs: Wanna hear more about Intro to Playwriting? In this course, we’ll cover the basics of playwriting from coming up…

What a time to be alive. Like a lot of theatre artists, I’ve been really worried about what the future looks like for theatre. And I’ve seen a lot of HOT TAKES on this so let me acknowledge that American Theatre lives in the artists, not the institutions. It is incorrect to say that American…

Like a lot of people right now, I have had a lot of time to think. I had planned on writing how my move had gone after I’d been in Madison for six months. But with all this time at home, it’s all I can think about lately. I wanted to leave Arkansas because I…

It feels like there’s so much pressure to create art right now. And to keep doing things. ALL THE TIME. There’s thinkpiece after thinkpiece after thinkpiece* about why we, artists, absolutely MUST create. Fuck that. On the flip side, there’s thinkpiece after thinkpiece after thinkpiece about how this driving need to create is putting out…

Originally, I had planned on writing a blog post based on questions y’all asked. But no one asked. So then I was going to ask myself a bunch of silly questions but then after a couple of talks with friends, I realized there was something more important I wanted to say. There are so many…

A lot of my favorite playwrights are leading workshops right now and others are hosting classes. Well, I’m not famous. I’m not even sure that I’m an “emerging” playwright. What’s the step right before it? Pre-emerging? Levitating but not yet rising? It feels a little silly to do a AMA when I’m an open book…

It finally hit me yesterday. I was sitting at my desk reading the news and this huge weight fell on my shoulders. Shows across the nation were getting canceled. Broadway was closing down. Playwright friends were losing opportunities of a lifetime from readings to major conferences getting canceled. I got up from my desk, grabbed…

It’s rejection season!!!! Tis the time of year to drink your preferred beverage and talk A LOT about how “tough” our skin needs to be if we want to stay in this industry. Probably my least favorite part of rejection session, aside from the endless “you’re still a good playwright” pep talks, is the rejection…

In college, there were all these songs about independent women. One of my favorites actually spelled independent out so that women for the next decade would forever be able to spell the word. I still sing the song in my head whenever I want to make sure I’m spelling it right. But, as obsessed as…